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A-2: Installation in Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration mode
IftheSATAcontrollerhasbeenconguredinIntel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration
mode, please follow the steps below:
1. After system restarts, go to the BIOS Setup, make sure CSM Support under the Boot menu is disabled.
2. Go to Settings\IOPorts\SATAAndRSTConguration and make sure USE RST Legacy OROM is disabled
and RST Control PCIe Storage Devices is set to Manual. If you want to enable the Optane
™
memory installed
in the M2A_SB connector, set PCIe Storage Device On Port 9 to RST Controlled; to enable the Optane
™
memory installed in the M2M_SB connector, set PCIe Storage Device On Port 17 to RST Controlled.
3. Enter the operating system, launch the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology utility from the Start menu, and
then enable Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory on the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory screen.
4. If you install more than one Optane
™
memory, please select which one you are going to use. Then select
which drive to be accelerated. Click Yes to continue. Follow the on-screen instructions to proceed. When
completed, restart the system.
5. Launch the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology utility from the Start menu and make sure the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memoryhasbeenenabled.Ifyouwanttoacceleratethesystemdrive,youcanselectspecicfolders,les,
or applications to accelerate using the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory Pinning function. (The Optane
™
memory
used must have at least 32 GB capacity.)
• An Optane
™
memorycannotbeusedtoaccelerateanM.2PCIeSSD.
• If more than one Optane
™
memory is installed, you can select only one of them to accelerate your
SATA-based boot drive. The other(s) can only be used as data drive(s).
• DonotabruptlyremovetheOptane
™
memory.Doingsowillcausetheoperatingsystemtostop
functioning correctly.
• If you want to change/remove the Optane
™
memory, you must disable it using the Intel
®
Rapid
StorageTechnologyorIntel(R)Optane
™
Memoryapplicationrst.
• After enabling the Optane
™
memory, the related BIOS settings will remain even after a BIOS update.
Installation Guidelines
A-1: Installation in AHCI mode
IftheSATAcontrollerhasbeenconguredinAHCImode,pleasefollowthestepsbelow:
1. After entering the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disc into your optical drive. On the Xpress
Install screen, select Intel(R) Optane(TM) Memory System Acceleration
(Note)
to install. Follow the on-screen
instructions to continue. The system will auto-restart.
2. After re-entering the operating system, follow the on-screen instructions to complete the settings, and then the
Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory application will appear automatically. If you install more than one Optane
™
memory,
please select which one you are going to use. Then select which drive to be accelerated. Click Enable. All
data on the Optane
™
memory will be erased. Make sure you back up the data before continuing. Follow the
on-screen instructions to proceed. When completed, restart the system.
3. Launch the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory application from the Start menu and make sure the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory has been enabled. (The SATA controller mode is changed to Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane
System AccelerationfromAHCImode.DONOTchangeyourSATAcontrollermodebacktoAHCI.Doing
so will cause the Optane
™
memory unable to function properly.)
4. Ifyouwanttoacceleratethesystemdrive,youcanselectspecicfolders,les,orapplicationstoaccelerateusing
the Intel
®
Optane
™
Memory Pinning function. (The Optane
™
memory used must have at least 32 GB capacity.)
(Note) If the system already has Intel
®
RapidStorageTechnologyutilityinstalled,youhavetoremoveitrst
beforeinstallingtheIntel(R)Optane(TM)MemorySystemAccelerationapplication.
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